[birdky] Minor Clark Fish Hatchery

I made a trip to the fish hatchery this morning. The fog didn't lift until around 9:30am. Most of the small ponds have been drained and one of the 3 large ponds was completely drained. They have just begun to drain the other two large ponds and there was a small mudflat edge at one end on both. I don't know how long it takes to drain them but as they drain and form more of an edge, it could certainly prove to be good habitat for whatever shorebirds are still on the move. The shorebirds were pretty skittish but I didn't see the Peregrine Falcon.

Trip list:
8 Pectoral Sandpipers
1 Least Sandpiper
1 Solitary Sandpiper    
2 Greater Yellowlegs
Many Killdeer

2 Green-winged Teal
3 Northern Shovelers
2 Ring-necked Ducks
1 American Wigeon

Osprey
American Pipit
Yellow-rumped warblers - everywhere
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Phoebes
White-throated sparrows
White-crowned sparrows
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk

Lana Hays
Walton, KY
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